Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 46361, Abdiel Flower, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn.
Flower Abdiel
846361
CONTENTS

No. of Original payants 626
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
Allowed Oct 1828
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
19 Sept 1828.
Abdiel Flower, of Granville, in the County of Washington, in the State of New York has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Buel 's company, in the third regiment of the Connecticut line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, Nothing .
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary A. D. Kings
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
23 d September 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Abdiel Flowers in the Connecticut line
It further appears that Abdiel Flowers  not is now on the pension list of the  any agency, and has not been so since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month.
John Hagner Aud
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State of New York Washington County ss.
Jesse Smeal of Granville in the County of Wash- -ington and State of New York being duly sworn saith that about the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine or seventeen hundred and eighty he became acquainted with Abdiel Flower in the annexed Declaration named that he came to Arlington in the State of Vermont where this Deponent then lived, where this deponent learned from the said Abdiel Flower that he was then a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, That the said Abdiel Flower while there at Arlington aforesaid married and shortly after his said marriage returned to the Army as he has always understood that Elijah Galusha a Captain in the Militia in Vermont and Brother of the late Governor Galusha of Vermont State to accompany the said Abdiel Flower & another to join again the Army at the near Westpoint as he believes, and shortly the said Elijah Galusha returned and informed this Deponent that the said Abdiel Flower had joined the said Army which this Deponent believes to be in the spring of the year seventeen hundred and eighty one, that the said Elijah Galusha has been many years dead, and this depon- -ent understood and verily believes the said Abdiel Flower enlisted during the war some time before his acquaintance with him and after his return to the Army this Deponent frequently heard from the said Abdiel as being in the Army That this Deponent was before this period himself a soldier in the Army and the said Abdiel's wife being a relative of this Deponent he had the better opportunity of knowing the said Abdiel was in said Army - That the said Abdiel did not return until after the close of the said war, that this deponent has ever since been acquainted with the said Abdiel Flower & further saith that the said Abdiel is a man of strict integrity and truth, tho' in poor circumstances
Subscribed and sworn this 9th day of September 1828 before me and I do further certify that I have been acquainted with said Abdiel for twenty five years and is reputed a man of strict veracity and unimpeachable witness Jesse Smeal John B. Park

State of New York
Washington County ss. Thomas Robblee of Ganville in the County of Washington & State of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith that shortly after the peace of 1783 he became acquainted with Abiel Flower in the annexed Declaration mentioned that he lived a neighbour to this Deponent for seven or eight years and has ever since been acquainted with the said Abiel Flower that he then learned from the said Abiel Flower and others that he was a soldier during the war that he enlisted as such and was in the army at the peace when he was honorably discharged, and he verily believes the information aforesaid is true and he further saith that the said Abiel Flower has always sustained the character of a sober honest and industrious man; and a man of strict integrity, but in indigent circumstances. That he is well acquainted with Jesse Averill in the annexed affidavit named and has often heard and believes the facts therein stated, he having heard the same from many persons about the close of the Revolutionary war - Further saith not
Subscribed to me
Thos Robblee
this 9th day of September
1828 before me - and
I do further certify that the said Thomas Robblee is a witness of unimpeachable veracity having been acquainted with him for twenty five years last past, and all his acquaintances give him an irreproachable character for truth & integrity
John C. Parker Just Peace

North Granville Mass. Co. N. York
Sept. 1 st 1828
Sir - Enclosed is the Declaration of Abiel Hovey with two affs of his service in the Revolutionary War which is all the evidence he now knows within his power to obtain of such service which at his request transmits to your Department -
I am Sir very respectfully Your Obedient Servant
Hon. W. Rush Sec y War
J. O. Parker

Revolutionary Claims.
[ B. ]
Form of a Declaration to be made by the Non-Commissioned Officers, Musicians, and Privates.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I, Abdiel Flower of Granville in the county of Washington in the State of New York do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination; at which period, I was a * Private in Captain Buels Company, in the third Regiment, of the Connecticut Line. And, I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of eighty dollars; to which I was entitled, under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15th of May, 1778.
And I further declare, that I was not, on the fifteenth day of May, 1828, on the Pension List of the United States.† and he further saith that his discharge is lost and he is unable to produce the same
Witness my hand, this Ninth day of September , in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight
Abdiel Flower
Before me, ‡ John C. Parker a justice of the Peace in the county of Washington in the State of New York personally appeared, this day, Thomas Robbiee and Elese Powell of Granville of the said county, who did severally make oath that Abdiel Flower by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this Ninth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight
John C. Parker Just Peace
I, Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the Court of the County of Washington in the State of New York do hereby certify, that John C. Parker Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a § Justice of the Peace and duly empowered to administer oaths.
[ L. S. ] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this 12 th day of September  one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight .
J. S. Leigh C lerk
* Sergeant, Corporal, Musician, or Private, as the case may be.
† The claimant, though not on the pension list on the 15th May, 1828, may have been on the list on or since the 3d of March, 1826, and afterwards stricken off: if so, he will add, and that I have received of the United States, as a pensioner, since the 3d of March, 1826, the sum of _____ dollars, paid to me by the Agent for paying pensions in the State of _____
‡ Here insert a Justice of the Peace, or other Magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths.
§ Justice of the Peace, or otherwise, as the case may be.

Debt No. 676
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Name: Abdiel Flower Rank: Pri Comp'y: Buel Reg't: 6th Line
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Allowed. Act 1828.
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